Tag: Dan Kenary

The Harpoon Brewery is now an employee-owned company after a shareholder group transferred 48 percent of Harpoon’s shares to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The company currently has 187 full-time employees between its Boston, MA, and Windsor, VT, breweries. “Employee ownership is the embodiment of what Harpoon stands for,” said Harpoon co-founder Dan Kenary... View Article

(Press Release)BOSTON—The Harpoon Brewery, brewers of Harpoon IPA and UFO beers, is proud to announce that effective August 1st it will become an employee-owned company. The existing shareholder group transferred 48% of Harpoon’s shares to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). This new structure of employee ownership will ensure the brewery’s independence and preserve Harpoon’s culture.“Employee ownership... View Article

On Tuesday, June 2, 1987, two bars in Boston tapped the first kegs of Harpoon Ale. Commercial breweries had returned to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Rich Doyle and Dan Kenary delivered the kegs tapped at Doyle’s Café in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood and at the Sevens Ale House in Beacon Hill. The pair, along with... View Article